F1 2020: Round 12 : Portugal Grand Prix

Busi_Girl08

Bottas' ident looks about as fed up as everyone is.

skipper_G

PsychoPete wrote: »

Does Strolls car have mirrors?

He didn't see him, Lance only has eyes for his dash. Can't wait to hear Otmar BS his way through the excuse for Lance this time

BikeRacer

Stroll can have no complaints with that 5 sec penalty

PsychoPete

JeffKenna wrote: »

Hamilton just taking the piss saying his tyres not feeling great.

Did he just say his tyres were fine

Burkie1203

Bottas is a joker. Put up some sort of fight

klose

Russell and vettel points? Leclerc podium?

Inquitus

Mercedes have to gamble on the Hards here or do a two-stopper Soft/Med. Track temp is supposed to be about 20C so it could be very hard to get the hards to work, you'd think? thoughts?

PsychoPete

Perez recovering nicely

skipper_G

PsychoPete wrote: »

Perez recovering nicely

Just going about his business, head down and try to recover as much as possible. I'm biased but I think he's criminally underrated

jammiedodgers

Inquitus wrote: »

Mercedes have to gamble on the Hards here or do a two-stopper Soft/Med. Track temp is supposed to be about 20C so it could be very hard to get the hards to work, you'd think? thoughts?

I don't think it makes any difference which strat they go with it, the car is too good to lose on either.

PsychoPete

skipper_G wrote: »

Just going about his business, head down and try to recover as much as possible. I'm biased but I think he's criminally underrated

I'd agree, he's an incredibly solid driver

ctrl-alt-delete

Stroll having a horrendous day

skipper_G

Stroll can't even negotiate track limits. What a clown

Faugheen

Strollol

TheDoctor

Stroll having a Stroll day

JeffKenna

PsychoPete wrote: »

Did he just say his tyres were fine

No he complained about them when he was behind Bottas maybe 10 laps ago.

Acosta

Bottas is a pity

skipper_G

Nice fight between Kimi and Sainz, clean stuff from both

TheDoctor

Race director absolutely butchered the coverage of that battle

skipper_G

Go on Checo

ctrl-alt-delete

Excellent battle from Perez and Ocon there,

Some other drivers might have waited until the drs next lap, respect to Perez.

TheDoctor

Midfield battle has been great this year

Cool_CM

Great overtake by Perez

Burkie1203

Needs a SC in next 10 laps

PsychoPete

Stroll in danger of been lapped by Russell, yikes

ctrl-alt-delete

PsychoPete wrote: »

Stroll in danger of been lapped by Russell, yikes

I think Stroll is hoping for a safety car, he can race that :pac:

PsychoPete

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

I think Stroll is hoping for a safety car, he can race that :pac:

Probably be the cause of it

lolie

Inquitus wrote: »

Mercedes have to gamble on the Hards here or do a two-stopper Soft/Med. Track temp is supposed to be about 20C so it could be very hard to get the hards to work, you'd think? thoughts?

Stick a set of wheelbarrow wheels on them and they'd still win the race.

This is it

LeClerc extending his lead over Perez slightly, was 3s out to 5s now. 4th would be great for him, possible podium if someone in front has issues

Burkie1203

Bottas had to take the same tyres as Hamilton

That's total BS. Absolute sham

PsychoPete

Yet again Bottas wants a different strategy but of course Merc wouldn't want him racing Hamilton for the lead because "that's not how we do business"

McFly85

Gasly is a man really enjoying his racing this season, another great performance from him today so far.

devnull

Bad enough to have one team dominating without them trying to fix it so one of their drivers has a far better chance of winning than other and trying to prevent a proper race.

If it was the other way around it would be different story becaus Hamilton would throw his toys out the pram if he didn't get his way.

skipper_G

Verstappen coming up to lap Albon

Tzardine

devnull wrote: »

Bad enough to have one team dominating without them trying to fix it so one of their drivers has a far better chance of winning than other.

If it was the other way around it would be different story.

Agreed .

You have to hand it to Rosberg in fairness. He was in the same boat as Bottas, but he managed to beat Hamilton and the teams efforts to keep him at number 2.

Inquitus

skipper_G wrote: »

Verstappen coming up to lap Albon

Aye it seems likely that Albon's grip on the Red Bull 2021 drive is getting more tenuous with each passing weekend!

McFly85

devnull wrote: »

Bad enough to have one team dominating without them trying to fix it so one of their drivers has a far better chance of winning than other and trying to prevent a proper race.

If it was the other way around it would be different story becaus Hamilton would throw his toys out the pram if he didn't get his way.

To be fair to Mercedes they’re happy having both cars in the top 2 positions, they’re not interested in playing favourites by giving one faster tyres than the other.

The real shame is having nobody else to challenge them at all.

PsychoPete

Inquitus wrote: »

Aye it seems likely that Albon's grip on the Red Bull 2021 drive is getting more tenuous with each passing weekend!

That 2nd second seat at RedBull seems a bit of a poisoned chalice

devnull

McFly85 wrote: »

To be fair to Mercedes they’re happy having both cars in the top 2 positions, they’re not interested in playing favourites by giving one faster tyres than the other.

The real shame is having nobody else to challenge them at all.

They always play favourites.

If it was other way around Hamilton would have got soft tyres .

skipper_G

Inquitus wrote: »

Aye it seems likely that Albon's grip on the Red Bull 2021 drive is getting more tenuous with each passing weekend!

He hasn't stepped up his performance level, all he needed is to execute a clean weekend

Inquitus

PsychoPete wrote: »

That 2nd second seat at RedBull seems a bit of a poisoned chalice

Indeed to date bar Danny Ric it has made anyone seated in it look foolish!

McFly85

devnull wrote: »

They always play favourites.

If it was other way around Hamilton would have got soft tyres .

Do they? I can’t remember a reverse situation where that happened.

They have the same car and there’s a team strategy. The main difference is Hamilton is a much better driver.

PsychoPete

I think Ocon needs this finish over Danny Ric, he really hasn't been performing where he needs to be

TheDoctor

McFly85 wrote: »

Do they? I can’t remember a reverse situation where that happened.

They have the same car and there’s a team strategy. The main difference is Hamilton is a much better driver.

Did it happen at one of the Silverstone races this year?

Bottas leading and did a second stop and Hamilton stayed out

PsychoPete

McFly85 wrote: »

Gasly is a man really enjoying his racing this season, another great performance from him today so far.

Been fantastic this season, definitely driver of the season for me

ctrl-alt-delete

Lewis has cramp, he is really up against it now for these 7 laps.

Will Ferrari have the balls to put LeClerc on some fresh tyres for the last couple of laps?

This is it

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Lewis has cramp, he is really up against it now for these 7 laps.

However will he win with only 18 seconds between him and Bottas... Mountain to climb.

This is it

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Will Ferrari have the balls to put LeClerc on some fresh tyres for the last couple of laps?

Why would they, fastest lap?

skipper_G

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Lewis has cramp, he is really up against it now for these 7 laps.

Gotta overcome those odds. Still banging in fastest laps